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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What term refers to that which is not participating readily or actively?
2. How many people did Thomas Cook claim to have arranged to attend the Great Exhibition?
3. What form of travel, initiated by Thomas Cook, had the traveler go independently, while Cook's agency charged for travel, food, and accommodation for a fixed period over any chosen route?
4. When did Al Capone die?
5. Established by Boorstin, what is the third way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?
Short Essay Questions
1. What aspect of the pseudo-event does Boorstin explore in Chapter 1 - Section IV?
2. What has psychological analysis done to the old heroic form, according to Boorstin?
3. What example does Boorstin offer for "the leak" in Chapter 1 - Section IV?
4. What is the effect of the extravagant expectations held by Americans, according to Boorstin?
5. What does Boorstin write all tourist attractions share, in Chapter 3 - Section IV? What effect does this have on travelers?
6. What has eroded the old heroic form, according to Boorstin?
7. How did Conrad Hilton establish his hotel empire? Where was his first hotel built?
8. How did Baedeker expand his publications? What was the "star system"?
9. What extravagant expectations does Boorstin assert consumes the American psyche?
10. What subject does Boorstin address in Chapter 1 - Section V? How have pseudo-events distorted image?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss and describe the evolution of tourism in America. How did the car change travel? How did the airplane? What effect have these advances had, according to Boorstin?
Essay Topic 2
How does Boorstin define the term "celebrity"? What impact did this definition have on scholars and the American public? How and to whom does this definition apply today?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Thomas Cook. What impact did Cook have on the tourism industry? How?
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